Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many British Sign Language interpreters are available to support hearing impaired people in using public services.

The Government does not collect information on numbers of British Sign Language interpreters.

The National Registers of Communication Professionals working with Deaf and Deafblind People (NRCDP), the Association of Sign Language interpreters (ASLI) and the Scottish Association of Sign Language Interpreters (SASLI) are the registration bodies for interpreters in England Wales and Scotland.

The British Deaf Association published numbers of British Sign Language Interpreters in October 2015 available at https://bda.org.uk/help-resources/